Motorcycle TV show? People wanted

[ceebie13]

I have seventeen years experience working for BBC Television in London. I now continue to run my own freelance business successfully here in NZ creating graphics, titles, bumpers, stings and animation for both broadcast and corporate television.

My work has been aired on TVNZ.
One particular project with which I was involved was a DVD on motorcycle
awareness and rider safety called "Great Rides, Great Roads" which was produced for the Highways Agency in the UK.

If this is a genuine project to be professionally produced to broadcasting standards and using professional contributors and facilities, then I'm happy to talk further and get involved - maybe to create a title sequence for this intended programme.

I would say at this point that I'm not offering a pro-bono service (a freebie). I am however happy to discuss producing all graphic elements at a rate that would be particularly cost-effective compared to the larger facilities companies found in Auckland or Wellington.

(Based Wellington)

[Colapop]

Thought you had the falling off part sussed already brother

I'm never too knowledgable to learn smartarse!!

[007XX]

I'm never too knowledgable to learn smartarse!!

Well then...when are you finally doing a trackday then?

As said earlier on in the piece, Maha Man made some similar advances last year in regards to a bike TV show in Kiwiland...the guy's got awesome ideas!

As far as people to talk to, I'd love personally to see chicks involved as well such as Flame and Keystone 19 and other young racing beauties.

No disrespect to the blokes (gawd knows they do us proud out there), but it'd be nice to see some girls doing it as well

[wazman]

Here's our Kiwi-powered motorcycle TV show:



More videos and more to come on Garage Night.

(Saw this discussion going on and started a new thread when I replied - shoulda posted under this thread, newbie error sorry.)

Waz (Aussie but outnumbered 3-1 by Kiwis in the garage)
http://www.garagenight.tv

[Paulo]

Like Ceebee13 I have had several years experience doing Televison GFX and the last 5 compositing Hobbits and Giant apes for Peter Jackson. Happy to offer some knowledge from a Graphics , VFX point of view, I'm in Wellington though.

[nivram]

Tony Veitch said he'd be more than happy to host the show

[CBR97]

i thought there already was a NZ motorcycle TV show? Bike Rider TV, on sky?

This will be free to air,
it wont be going up against any other show,

and it will be a not for profit,

The Sky Show , will have nothing to do with what I have planned,

the last time i worked for Sky Tv, they had around 6 hundred thousand viewer,s /subscriber,s and this was changing at a steady rate, "people leaving , new people joining,
but you need to pay so the Idea i have will be to stay on the free to air platform , as a not for profit production, this means it can be watched buy anyone.
just needs the support to make happen.

[CBR97]

Well then...when are you finally doing a trackday then?

As said earlier on in the piece, Maha Man made some similar advances last year in regards to a bike TV show in Kiwiland...the guy's got awesome ideas!

As far as people to talk to, I'd love personally to see chicks involved as well such as Flame and Keystone 19 and other young racing beauties.

No disrespect to the blokes (gawd knows they do us proud out there), but it'd be nice to see some girls doing it as well

if you know of anyone, male or female, who want to get involved in front or behind the camera, then id like to hear from them.

as ive said, there needs to be the support out there to make it work.

[Daffyd]

I'd be glad to help, but I'm a bit too far away to be much use. (In fact, some say I'm not much use anywhere!)

Good luck with the project, I hope it takes off.

[Tank]

Problem if you get to many KB'ers involved:

Show 1 - "Choosing a bike"
Show 2 - "Why the bike you chose is wrong"
Show 3 - "Hondas are gay"
Shows 4 - 16 "Waving"

[Nicksta]

this project sounds awesome.... be great to ahve a good show.. i cried when i watched bikerider TV and saw a "review" of the GSXR only to find out the important stuff like "the headlight works good"....
there's a crew of crazy cats that like to film stunts etc up this way that will have some cool footage for ya... and dont forget the racing fraternity.. some of us chicks wont mind hosting some girly riding/racing stuff either to go with Chhoppa's man side of racing!

[skidMark]

this project sounds awesome.... be great to ahve a good show.. i cried when i watched bikerider TV and saw a "review" of the GSXR only to find out the important stuff like "the headlight works good"....
there's a crew of crazy cats that like to film stunts etc up this way that will have some cool footage for ya... and dont forget the racing fraternity.. some of us chicks wont mind hosting some girly riding/racing stuff either to go with Chhoppa's man side of racing!

Yeah i shed a tear at the new hornet 600 review a couple of weeks back.

"it has a really upright riding position....PAUSE.............. ..... ..... which is good."

"being an inline 4 it has smooth power........ ....also good for the most sports touring riders this bike will attract"

It was a bad moment in television.

Hence i think carver would do well, the guy on that show is useless.

[HungusMaximist]

Will be good if you can get a few things straight off the bat because then you can then rule things out without wasting peoples time, efforts and blowing things out of proportions.

I am sure you're still in the process of planning so generating interests will be all good now, and getting people who might be keen be get onboard.

Think, Plan and Work. Chur!

[Mully]

Keen to get involved in brainstorming for the show - what segments to run, etc.

Off the top of my head:

• Reviews/tests (inc. second hand bikes; "This particular one is fucked, but if you get a maintainance history, you should be sweet" sort of thing)
• Basic repairing and maintaining (adjusting chains, etc)
• Riding Tips (maybe get an actual racer involved)
• BRONZ viewpoint (Acc levies, Cheesecutters, etc)

It would need to be pretty varied to maintain an audience. I presume it's a 30 minute segment you are looking at?

I've noticed that Bikerider TV tends to have mostly Motocross on there - don't know if maybe they can't get rights to road-racing.

[Qkchk:Me]

if you know of anyone, male or female, who want to get involved in front or behind the camera, then id like to hear from them.

as ive said, there needs to be the support out there to make it work.

Give me a holler, willing to help where I can. On location etc...